Results for - Finding the gap - meditate

1,647 voters participated in this survey

1. Meditation is essentially a form of brain training. One of the more common practices trains one to be aware of thoughts without becoming entangled with the thoughts. This is said to allow one to more fully examine, comprehend and act appropriately to a wide variety of situations while you are not meditating and more fully explore and even understand difficult concepts. Other common meditative techniques train you to promote physical self-healing and relieve anxiety and depression, among many other benefits. Do you ever meditate?

Yes

19%

311 votes

No

61%

1,007 votes

Sometimes/did in the past

19%

316 votes

Other (please specify)

1%

13 votes

2. Why do you meditate?

I do NOT meditate

55%

900 votes

It is part of my traditional culture, spiritual path and/or religion

4%

68 votes

To help me with more centered, appropriate attitudes and behaviors in my everyday life

8%

124 votes

To promote physical healing

4%

70 votes

To relieve emotional or mental pressures (anxiety, depression, etc)

12%

193 votes

To help me with complex questions or concepts of some sort

3%

42 votes

It's my "me time". I don't need a reason.

13%

212 votes

Other (please specify)

2%

38 votes

3. The benefits of meditation are too numerous to list, but are so widely recognized that the practice transcends culture and faith. Meditation has been used by many groups for a wide variety of purposes, ranging from Buddhists to purely secular individuals. Meditation is recommended practice or said to be being practiced in both the Bible and the Tanakh. Were you aware of how widespread the practice of meditation was among different spiritual paths, religions and cultures?

Yes

43%

715 votes

No

25%

413 votes

Undecided

10%

169 votes

Not Applicable

21%

350 votes

4. While the goal of meditative techniques as practiced by most is not usually to 'empty the mind', there is sometimes observed by those who meditate to be a space between thought and mantra. This has been termed by Deepak Chopra as "the gap" and it is where pure consciousness is said to reside. If you meditate, have you ever found the gap?

Yes

10%

161 votes

No

23%

385 votes

Undecided

13%

209 votes

Not Applicable

54%

892 votes

5. If you have ever found the gap, have you since been able to find it again?

Yes

8%

134 votes

No

11%

177 votes

Undecided

12%

194 votes

Not Applicable

69%

1,142 votes

6. If you have never found the gap, will you try to find it during your future meditations?